13 Turkish soldiers, mercenaries killed in Afrin

AFRIN, Jan. 13 (YPA) – The so-called Afrin Liberation Forces announced on Friday the killing and wounding of 21 members of the Turkish army and its armed factions in during operations carried out against them in separate areas in northern Syria.

The forces said in a statement, that during the period from December 28 to 10 of this month, their fighters launched a series of operations against the Turkish occupation and its terrorist factions in the occupied areas of Afrin, Al-Bab and Azaz, and also confronted an attack in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

According to the statement, the operations resulted in the death of a policeman of the Special Forces and 6 of the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation, and wounding 3 mercenaries. In addition to destruction of a military vehicle and car.

The Afrin Liberation Forces, “forces that have taken it upon themselves to liberate the Afrin region and other occupied areas in northern Syria,” have launched dozens of operations against the Turkish occupation and its terrorist factions since 2018, in response to continuous Turkish attacks and threats.

E.M